Live Long and Prosper : How Black Megachurches Address HIV/AIDS and Poverty in the Age of Prosperity Theology /

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This title offers an intriguing examination of 16 representative black megachurches and explores some of their motivations and subsequent programmatic efforts in light of prosperity or 'health and wealth' theology.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barnes, Sandra L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wort-des-Glaubens-Bewegung
Schwarze.
Schwarze Theologie
Megakirche
HIV-Infektion
Armut
Poverty > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Faith movement (Hagin)
Church work with the sick.
Church work with the poor.
Black theology.
Big churches.
AIDS (Disease) > Religious aspects > Christianity.
African Americans > Religion.
African American churches.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > AIDS & HIV.
Évangile de la prosperite.
Pastorale des malades.
Pastorale des pauvres.
Pauvrete > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Theologie noire.
Églises noires americaines.
Grandes eglises (Communautes)
Noirs americains > Religion.
USA.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the Black megachurch
  • The calling and the corner
  • Black megachurch theology: making the Word flesh!
  • Black megachurches and HIV/AIDS: beliefs and behavior in unsettled times
  • Poverty as a frame continuum
  • Conclusion: the Black megachurch in the new millennium: responding to social problems.

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